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The Migdol Family Foundation Inc at a glance

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The Migdol Family Foundation Inc

Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$32k
Granted FY2021
6
Grants FY2021
1
States reached
$15k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead

Read this first · the figures below need context

100% of The Migdol Family Foundation Inc’s FY2024 grant dollars went to Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, not to grantees.

Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2024 names 0 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2021, the last year The Migdol Family Foundation Inc named its own grantees at scale: 5 organizations, $32k. It is dated, not current.

Organizations named directly on the return

11
’17
9
’18
13
’19
4
’20
5
’21
1
’22
1
’23
0
’24

Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.

01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Philanthropy$398kEducation$192kReligion$60kHousing & Shelter$49kArts & Culture$34kHealth$13kCrime & Legal$6kPublic Safety & Disaster$3kOther$0
02FY2021 · 6 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2021

  • Under $10k4 grants · $7k
  • $10k–50k2 grants · $25k
$2,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
CHABAD LUBAVITCH OF HARLEM INC$15,000
FRIENDS OF PUBLIC SCHOOL HARLEM INC$10,000
PFBL SCHOLARSHIP FUND INC$2,000
UPTOWN DANCE ACADEMY INC$2,000
M Apollonio$2,000
BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF HARLEM INC$1,000
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY17–20, $45k) land where the poverty rate runs at 18%, against an area that typically sits at 13%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 13%BRONX PARENT HOUSING NETWORK INC: $3k → 28%URBAN RESOURCE INSTITUTE: $10k → 17%URBAN RESOURCE INSTITUTE: $10k → 17%URBAN RESOURCE INSTITUTE: $10k → 17%URBAN RESOURCE INSTITUTE: $10k → 17%URBAN RESOURCE INSTITUTE: $3k → 17%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

91%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$326k · 8 repeat orgs$32k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +298% since the first grant, against +56% for those funded once.

8 repeat relationships: 4 still active in FY2021, 4 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2021 (too recent to call). Read against FY2021, the last year this funder named its own grantees directly; its giving has since run through a sponsor, which reports no donor behind each grant.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

8
12

Total granted

$326k
$29k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+298%
+56%

Still filing today

50%
92%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23
HealthEducationHuman ServicesArts & CultureCivil RightsPublic Safety & DisasterOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • FO
    FRIENDS OF PUBLIC SCHOOL HARLEM INC
    5× · 2017–2021 · $175k · revenue +504% · 96% of their budget
  • UR
    URBAN RESOURCE INSTITUTE
    4× · 2017–2020 · $43k · revenue +298%
  • OO
    OPERA ON TAP
    3× · 2017–2019 · $20k · revenue +163%

Funded once

  • FO
    FRIENDS OF HARLEM HOSPITAL CENTER INC
    one grant, 2017 · $8k
  • TU
    TOURO UNIVERSITYgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $5k · revenue +75%
  • NA
    NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF WOMEN JUDGES
    one grant, 2018 · $5k · revenue -1%
How this is measured

Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
The Graduate Center Foundation Inc

The graduate center foundation is committed to promoting and safe-guarding the success of the graduate center by raising funds and managing and investing donations for use by the graduate center. the board of trustees of the foundation…

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2
New York Foundation
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3
King Hoops United

Empower the youth of new york city through basketball, providing them with academic enrichment, career development, and a strong sense of community to unlock their full potential

Youth Development
4
Promoting Access to Specialized Schools in New York City

increasing the diversity of students sitting for the specialized high school admissions test by providing students of color with access to test prep centers/programs and materials.

Education
5
The New York Opportunity Network Inc Dba the Opportunity Network

The opportunity network ignites the drive, curiosity, and agency of underrepresented students on their paths to and through college and into thriving careers, powered by our commitment to access and community.

Education
6
Harlem Children's Zone Inc

We enhance the life for children and families in some of nyc's most devastated neighborhoods.

Human Services
7
Fifth Avenue Committee Inc

Fifth avenue committee's mission is to advance economic, social and racial justice in new york city through its comprehensive community development programs and projects.

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8
Avenues for Justice Inc

Avenues for justice operates a progressive diversion program for nyc court-involved and at-risk youth, ages 13 to 24, through adapted hybrid online and onsite programming, and 24/7 mentorship with community-based court advocates, the…

Crime & Legal
9
New York Hall of Science

Nysci's mission is to nurture generations of passionate learners, critical thinkers, and active citizens through design make play - an approach to learning and engagement that is deeply rooted in research on stem learning and guides the…

Arts & Culture
10
Bigs & Littles Nyc Mentoring Inc

Bigs & littles nyc mentoring is a nonprofit community-based organization which transforms the lives of vulnerable nyc children and strengthens families through professionally guided one-to-one mentoring, life skills programming, and…

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11
Nysarc Inc New York City Chapter

We are committed to helping people with intellectual (cont. on schedule o) and developmental disabilities to live full lives.

Human Services
12
Futures Ignite Inc

We amplify youth and community power by inspiring, guiding, and advocating for youth to determine their college, career, and leadership futures.

Human Services
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Reece School; the most unlike its peers is Uptown Dance Academy Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

19 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 19 of the 23 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
7
Early backer (in before they grew)
17/19
Grantees still filing
15/19
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND: $397,585 · Community ImprovementFIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUNDFRIENDS OF PUBLIC SCHOOL HARLEM INC: $175,000 · OtherFRIENDS OF PUBLIC SCHOOL HARLEM INCCHABAD LUBAVITCH OF HARLEM INC: $59,550 · OtherCHABAD LUBAVITCH OF HARLEM INCPFBL SCHOLARSHIP FUND INC: $10,800 · Other+8 more: $10,000 · OtherURBAN RESOURCE INSTITUTE: $42,500 · Human ServicesTHE BRONX PARENT HOUSING NETWORK INC: $2,500 · Human ServicesOPERA ON TAP: $20,000 · Arts & CultureUPTOWN DANCE ACADEMY INC: $12,500 · Arts & CultureFRIENDS OF HARLEM HOSPITAL CENTER INC: $7,500 · HealthNATIONAL BLACK LEADERSHIP COMMISSION ON AIDS INC: $2,000 · HealthGAY MEN'S HEALTH CRISIS INC: $1,000 · HealthTOURO UNIVERSITY: $5,000 · EducationPALANTE HARLEM INC: $3,500 · EducationJUAN PABLO DUARTE FOUNDATION: $1,000 · EducationNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF WOMEN JUDGES: $5,000 · Civil Rights
Community Improvement$397,585Other$255,350Human Services$45,000Arts & Culture$32,500Health$10,500Education$9,500Civil Rights$5,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetFIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND: $397,585 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFRIENDS OF PUBLIC SCHOOL HARLEM INC: $175,000 over 5y, 96% of budgetURBAN RESOURCE INSTITUTE: $42,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetOPERA ON TAP: $20,000 over 3y, 4.4% of budgetUPTOWN DANCE ACADEMY INC: $12,500 over 3y, 0.9% of budgetFRIENDS OF HARLEM HOSPITAL CENTER INC: $7,500 over 1y, 2.2% of budgetTOURO UNIVERSITY: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF WOMEN JUDGES: $5,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetPALANTE HARLEM INC: $3,500 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetTHE BRONX PARENT HOUSING NETWORK INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFDNY FOUNDATION INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL BLACK LEADERSHIP COMMISSION ON AIDS INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF HARLEM INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE REECE SCHOOL: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJUAN PABLO DUARTE FOUNDATION: $1,000 over 1y, 2.6% of budgetGAY MEN'S HEALTH CRISIS INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCATROCK VENTURES INC: $500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetLEGAL OUTREACH INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

Co-funders

Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Robin Hood FoundationThe Trustees of Colum…Jewish Communal FundJpmorgan Chase Founda…The Blackbaud Giving …Paypal Charitable Giv…Network for GoodVanguard Charitable E…American Online Givin…Fidelity Investments …Donor Advised Charita…Amazonsmile Foundation
Robin Hood FoundationNY19.4× affinity7 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Robin Hood Foundation · The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York · Jewish Communal Fund · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Paypal Charitable Giving Fund · Network for Good · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization The Migdol Family Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Migdol Family Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%4%15%34%60%funder's share of their income ↑0%10%20%30%40%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    1get no government money at all
    8report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–40%
    typical government reliance, FY20–25
    How this is measured
    Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.
    05Through Plinth

    Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

    How do I get to The Migdol Family Foundation Inc?

    Find your warmest path to The Migdol Family Foundation Inc through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

    Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

    On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 23 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

    How this is measured
    Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

    Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2021, released 2021. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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